Europe Mapping 1100 CE

Mapping Activity: Use different color highlighters and make a key for some of these. 

Outline these empires/regions

Holy Roman Empire

Byzantine Empire a.k.a. Eastern Roman Empire

Andalusia 

Russia

Spain

France

England

Italy

Northern Africa

Use arrows to show these routes/trade routes

Spread of Islam from Africa to Andalusia

Trans-Saharan Trade Routes

Silk Road

Indian Ocean Trade Routes

Label Cities with a Dot

Kyiv (Kiev)

Paris

London

Mecca

Medina

Antioch

Syria

Jerusalem

Fez

Rome

Tours

Timbuktu

Constantinople

Atlantic Ocean

Black Sea

Red Sea

Mediterranean Sea

 

 

Map below has Trans-Saharan Trade Routes, Indian Ocean trades routes and four cities. 

Lots of Cities on the map below

When you draw in the silk roads, focus on the ones that fit into the map.  You will not be able to include all of these.